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Have you ever been to the airport for a family dinner? Or for shopping?

Well, in Singapore, you do, because Changi Airport has a fairly large range of eateries and shops that cater to not just its passengers, but also to non-travelers.

Changi Airport Group

And, the attractions may get bigger after Changi Airport Group said Monday that it will work with shopping-mall developer CapitaMalls Asia Ltd. to plan and build a mixed-use project near the airdrome’s first terminal building.

“Project Jewel” will offer aviation and travel-related facilities, a wide range of retail offerings, as well as unique leisure attractions, CapitaMalls Asia, a unit of real-estate group CapitaLand Ltd. said in a statement. Read More »

BANGKOK – It’s getting a little bit crowded these days at Thailand’s airports, as a tourist boom has stretched them beyond their original capacity.

Suvarnabhumi Airport

Take a look at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the main aviation hub of Thailand. It was built to handle 45 million passengers a year. But it is already seeing 53 million passengers annually – or 8 million extra fliers going through security and customs, using the baggage carousels and restrooms, and requesting seat reassignments. Eventually, the airport manager hopes, Suvarnabhumi could handle as many as 120 million passengers a year.

Suvarnabhumi is now getting ready for a new passenger terminal, more parking bays and a new runway that will enable it to handle 60 million fliers by 2017. Read More »

It’s not just the roads in Indonesia that are overwhelmed with traffic. So is Jakarta’s international airport.

So, to reduce some of the burden, Jakarta’s much-smaller Halim Perdanakusuma Airport will welcome commercial flights by September, the state-owned operator announced Tuesday.

“We can fly 6,000 passengers from the Halim Perdanakusuma airport per day, including for the Hajj pilgrimage [to Mecca],” Salahuddin Rafi, the director of airport and technology development of airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II, told reporters Tuesday on the sidelines of an aviation conference in Jakarta. Read More »

BANGKOK—There could be more complications ahead for travelers flying through Bangkok.

Runway repairs at the Thai capital’s overcrowded Suvarnabhumi international airport have caused delays in recent weeks, with a power failure that temporarily affected the facility’s air traffic control system – causing further holdups – the most recent concern.

Now, in a bid to ease congestion at the six-year-old facility, the Thai government is urging some budget airlines and other carriers to shift their operations away from Suvarnabhumi to Bangkok’s old international gateway, Don Mueang airport – the same airport that was shut down by massive floods late last year. Read More »

Singapore’s Changi Airport is a perennial favorite among frequent travelers. Road Warriors interviewed on Scene Asia frequently name it as the region’s — if not the world’s — best airport. But what exactly makes Changi so often voted top of the pack? Read More »

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